Defining a new reality

Cape Town, South Africa is a city built on a landscape of immense proportions. From its geology, geography, history, arts, culture, and people – everything about this incredible city has something fascinating to offer.

But few are aware that Cape Town’s Mountain ranges act as metaphors for many other things in our world. Table Mountain which resembles a table overlooking the ocean and the Twelve Apostles which runs alongside Table Mountain being another metaphor for chairs at the table. It metaphorically symbolises a place for all the people of the world to come together sit down and share.

Another great example of a Metaphor can also be found at The Sentinel, which is a Mountain that clearly resembles a human face profile looking towards the sky. The Sentinel is the Guardian of Hout Bay, behind this mountain are some of the most massive waves in the world know as Dungeons because they attract a lot of big wave surfers from all over the world looking for their next challenge. The mountain metaphorically stands guard over the Bay and its diverse community of human beings.

Further down south all the way to Cape Point metaphorical names for rock formations are everywhere. Many rock formations to many people who explore the Cape have metaphorical names. Some of which are subjective and private, and others have been shared and have agreed upon a common name.

Ancient customs that date back thousands of years ago were passed down from generation-to-generation as each family contributed their own identity, giving us an interesting perspective on culture in its many forms which were influenced by so many cultures yet still managing to hold tightly to those traditional beliefs which make them distinctively African.

Cape Point or should I say the Point of the Cape in this blog post is to realise that we have an amazing literary device in language knowns as metaphors. Metaphors carry across meaning in ways that description just can’t do.

“In science, metaphor is the preferred nomenclature for new theories and new discoveries; in psychology, it is the natural language of human relationships and emotions” James Geary

The future is here, now and it’s Metaphysical. Not what most of us expected but the key to grasping this brave new world is that the Metaverse is just an extension of Reality. It won’t replace our physical reality – instead we get to explore new possibilities that are physically impossible in real life but totally possible within the Metaverse. Collaborate in way we never even imagined. Be productive on a scale we never thought possible.
If Crypto is the currency of the Metaverse, The Blockchain as the distributed and secured ledger of the Meta Economy and Virtual Reality Technology the Medium between our real world and the Metaverse, then Metaphors are the language of the Metaverse. With that being said we need new metaphors that carry across meaning if we are to build a Metaverse that is rich in meaning, diverse and inclusive.

Invest in Africa. African Ancestors NFT collection on Rarible would be great place to start. We Africans have always had the wisdom and insight of Metaphysical knowledge deeply embedded in us and the world that surrounds us from the faces in clouds, trees, rocks and even the land itself. The Metaverse is the greatest opportunity for Africa to express herself in all her glory on a Global Scale as the World’s leader in Art and Expression.

It began in Africa and with the emergence of the Metaverse. History does not repeat itself it rhymes! So here we are rising from Africa, again!